On March 14th, 2016 the Milford Police Department was notified by an area business owner that they received a call from a Dallas, Texas phone number, with the caller claiming to representative of the Internal Revenue Service. The caller claimed the IRS was suing this Milford business. Fortunately the business owner was aware of these scams and notified police. Below are tips from the IRS as well as a link to an alert they put out on February 2nd, 2016.

Report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Use the “FTC Complaint Assistant” on FTC.gov. Please add “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.

If you know you owe, or think you may owe tax:

Call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you.

Stay alert to scams that use the IRS as a lure. Tax scams can happen any time of year, not just at tax time. For more, visit “Tax Scams and Consumer Alerts” on IRS.gov.

Each and every taxpayer has a set of fundamental rights they should be aware of when dealing with the IRS. These are your Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Explore your rights and our obligations to protect them on IRS.gov.